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Our CLASP students have produced a number of distinctive MA theses and PhD dissertations under the direction of CLASP faculty. At the Master’s level, an MA thesis may be substituted for one of the four CLASP courses to fulfill the program requirements. Below is an abbreviated list of CLASP dissertations and theses.

Note: If you are a current or former CLASP student, we would like to add a citation for your dissertation or thesis to this page! Please send your information to the CLASP Director, Kira Hall, at kira.hall@colorado.edu.

PhD Dissertations

• Grothues, Natalie (2025). "Subversive Intertextuality: An Examination of Intertextual 'Moments' in American Public School Board Meetings." Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Kosse, Maureen (2025). "Semiotics of Online "Alt-Right" Discourse." Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Khoo, Velda (2024). "Modeling Singlish: Authentic Hybridity in a Model Nation". Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Parish, Ayden (2024). “Hearing Voices as Atypical Social Agents”. Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Tarren Andrews (2021). "Colonization is not a metaphor: Tracing the logics of settler colonialism back to the Early Medieval North Atlantic." Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Marielle Butters (2021). "Negation in four languages of Indonesia." Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Astrid N. Sambolín Morales (2021). "Puerto Rican m(other)work at the center: Everyday agency and resistance as a foundation for more inclusive educational spaces." School of Education, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Rich Sandoval (2016). “Gesture-Speech Bimodalism in Arapaho Grammar: An Interactional Approach.” Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Nicholas Williams (2016). “Place reference and location formulation in Kula conversation.” Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Hernandez, Jaclyn (2015). “Pathways toward Proficiency: A case study of emerging bilingual students’ opportunities to learn academic language.” School of Education, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Hughes, Jessica (2015). “Nothing about autistics without autistics: A critical, action implicative discourse analysis of neurodiversity advocacy online.” Department of Communication, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Sarris, Julia S. (2015). “Returning to School: Changing Barriers and Baggage to Assets and Advantages.” School of Education, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Davis, Jennifer (2013). “Learning to ‘Talk Indian’: Ethnolinguistic Identity and Language Revitalization in the Chickasaw Renaissance.” Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Raclaw, Joshua (2013). “Indexing Inferables and Organizational Shifts: ‘No’-prefaces in English Conversation.” Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Stadlbauer, Susanne (2012). “Displaced Islamic Identities: Language, Time, and Space in a Post 9/11 Islam.” Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Zimman, Lal (2012). “Voices in Transition: Testosterone, Transmasculinity, and the Gendered Voice among Female-to-Male Transgender People.” Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Lombas, Leith (2011). “Individualism in Action: An Investigation into the Lived Experiences of Peace Corps Volunteers.” Department of Sociology, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Heintzelman, Lori (2009). “The Re-education of Desire: The Role of Narrative in Religious-Based Sexual Identity Transformation.” Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Nilep, Chad (2009). “Articulating a Transnational Family: ‘Hippo Family’ Language Learners in Japan and the USA.” Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Weldeyesus, Weldu (2009). “Language Socialization and Ensuing Identity Construction among Ethiopian Immigrants in Metropolitan Denver.” Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Hodges, Adam (2008). “The ‘War on Terror’ Narrative: The (Inter)textual Construction and Contestation of Sociopolitical Reality.” Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Merrill, John Bryce (2008). “Making it, not Making it: Creating Music in Everyday Life.” Department of Sociology, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Christof Demont-Heinrich (2005). “Insularity in the Global Linguistic Center? American ‘Prestige Press’ Discourses on English and Globalization in a Post Cold War World.” Department of Journalism, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.

MA Theses

• Behr, Jonathan (2025). "Covert Constructions of Identities in Online Dating Profiles." Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Britt, Emma (2025). "Plural Floor Navigation by CDL Truck Drivers in the Front Range." Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Jessee, Em (2024). "The Cisgender Listening Subject in Sibiliant Perception." Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Stuart, Forest (2024). "'I Think I’m Funniest When I’m my Most Autistic': Trans Autistic Absurdity in Intracommunity Humorous Interaction." Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Schlagenhauf, Alexis (2023). "Digital Intimacy in ASMR Role-Play Videos." Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Rosenau, Sara. (2022). "Mock Koreaboo: Appropriating Appropriation." Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Thomas, Kahlil B (2018). “'The toughest one we can find': Thug personae and meaning across the boundary of ethnicity." Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Hirschey, Olivia (2017).  Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• LaPointe, Alyssa R. (2015). “On aspects of social interaction, a pair of autistic twins, and their humanness.” Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Manietta, Joseph (Bazil) (2015). “Translational Masculinities: The distributive performativity of gender in Korean boy bands.” Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Griffith, Keri (2014). “Heteronormative Script and Social Injustice Narratives: Lesbian and Gay Argumentation Strategies in Civil Union Hearings.” Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• James, Solange Anduze (2014). “Trinidad English Creole: A Semiotic Marker of Caribbean Postmodern Identity.” Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Wagner, Irina (2014). “Language Revitalization on the Web: Technologies and Ideologies among the Northern Arapaho.” Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Faracini, Elizabeth (2013). “Caipira Dialect Stylization in Brazilian Telenovelas: A Sociocultural Investigation of Language Ideologies.” Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Buchner, Alexander (2012). “Laboratory Stylization of ‘Gay Speech’: Exploring Experimental Methodologies as a Tool for Sociocultural Linguistic Analysis.” Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Kolberg, Iris (2012). “‘What are you doing?’: How Improvisational Actors Use the Body in the Contextualization of the Imagined Material World.” Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Mells, Brandon (2012). “Membership Categories through Action: An Analysis of the Contested Morality of a Checkpoint Stop.” Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.
• Balder, Sara (2005). “Language, Heterosexism, and Identity: Normative Chilean Discursive Practices.” Department of Linguistics, University of Ģ��Ӱ��.